css3-color disposition of comments

The following are issues raised regarding the 14 May 2003 css3-color Candidate Recommendation.

See the released and development versions of the test suite for the “Tests” references.

Issues are color-coded as follows:

Feature to be dropped due to lack of implementation (all issues accepted)
Proposed new feature (all issues rejected)
Editorial issue
Minor technical issue
Substantive technical issue

Issues where commenters were not satisfied with responses:

Issues

Issue 1

Raised by
David Baron
Summary
Should we remove unimplemented features?
Resolution
drop features
Action
Needs information on whether they're really unimplemented. ACTION dbaron (2007-10-09): post to www-style (and www-svg?) to propose deadline for removing unimplemented features. Action http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2007Sep/0083.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2007Sep/0033.html
Status
Spec edited.

Issue 2

URL
none
Raised by
David Baron
Summary
definition of attr() syntax and semantics should be removed in favor of definition in css3-values
Resolution
drop text in favor of css3-values
Status
Spec edited.

Issue 3

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/20040309063205.52668.qmail@web13912.mail.yahoo.com http://www.w3.org/mid/3DB269E1BEC8134084EAA64AD4A1E0CF04C858@stlmail1.corp.amdocs.com
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0116.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0117.html
Raised by
Chris Moschini, Alex LeDonne, David Baron
Summary
example of hsl() colors gets light and dark green backwards
Resolution
Editorial - edit as described.
Status
Editorial. Spec edited.
Repsonse
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0116.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0117.html

Issue 4

URL
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Mar/0305.html
Group response (and responses to it)
Raised by
David Baron
Summary
Handling of S and L values for hsl() and hsla() outside [0%, 100%] is undefined
Resolution
clamp to device gamut
Status
Spec edited.
Tests
t421-rgb-clip-outside-gamut-b, t422-rgba-clip-outside-device-gamut-b, t424-hsl-clip-outside-gamut-b, t425-hsla-clip-outside-device-gamut-b

Issue 5

URL
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2001JanMar/0265 or https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67448#c15
Group response (and responses to it)
Raised by
David Baron
Summary
Better definitions needed for system colors for 3-D
Resolution
adopt proposal in URLs above
Status
Spec edited.
Tests
t040501-system-colors-a

Issue 6

URL
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2007Sep/0107
Raised by
David Baron
Summary
Does 'flavor' need to be removed to enter PR due to lack of implementations?
Resolution
drop features
Status
Spec edited.

Issue 7

URL
vaguely related to http://www.w3.org/mid/BA69D948.20605%25tantek@cs.stanford.edu
Raised by
David Baron
Summary
Mention interaction of colors and user style sheets again? The previous version of the draft did so, but the CR does not.
Resolution
no change (trying to be realistic rather than idealistic)

Issue 8

URL
none
Raised by
David Baron
Summary
Status section needs to say that comments sent to www-style should say [css3-color] in the subject.
Resolution
edit as described
Status
Document edited (as part of status section cleanup before processing issues).

Issue 9

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/A134E2426B46D711BB4B000347AE6E7C5915FF@xvan02.vcd.hp.com http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2003Apr/0179.html
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0118.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0119.html
Raised by
Jacob Refstrup, David Woolley
Summary
'opacity' not precisely defined
Status
Spec edited.
Resolution
Cite section 14.2 of SVG 1.1 (here, and for rgba() and hsla() colors).
Response
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0118.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0119.html

Issue 10

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/20040309063205.52668.qmail@web13912.mail.yahoo.com
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0116.html
Raised by
Alex LeDonne
Summary
In section 4.2.1. RGB color values, the phrase preceding the second example is “the three rules below are equivalent:”, however, four rules are presented.
Resolution
edit as described (editorial)
Status
Spec edited.
Repsonse
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0116.html

Issue 11

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/20040309063205.52668.qmail@web13912.mail.yahoo.com
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0116.html
Raised by
Alex LeDonne
Summary
Example of pastel green should be a different shade, in particular, * { color: hsl(120, 75%, 75%) } /* pastel green, and so on */
Resolution
edit as described (editorial)
Status
Spec edited (as part of editing for issue 3).
Repsonse
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0116.html

Issue 12

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/41406104.4040200@st.jyu.fi http://www.w3.org/mid/000501c496d4$0127df80$e21d4ed8@hyponiqs http://www.w3.org/mid/p06110401bd676a003e73@%5B152.16.223.122%5D http://www.w3.org/mid/42CE0010.9050500@tu-clausthal.de
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0120.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0121.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0143.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0157.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Jun/0001.html
Raised by
Mikko Rantalainen, W. Leon Sutton, Jr., Adam Kuehn, Christoph Päper
Summary
Want #rgba and #rrggbbaa color syntaxes.
Resolution
too late for this version
Repsonse
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0120.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0121.html

Issue 13

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/43547E63-215B-11D9-AFE8-000393C44C02@goddess-gate.com
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0122.html
Raised by
David Latapie
Summary
Want table of contents different for rgb()/rgba(), etc.
Resolution
no change (editorial), since one subsection for each function or keyword. (But the default style sheet has improved since the CR.)
Status
No change.
Response
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0122.html

Issue 14

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/42CE0010.9050500@tu-clausthal.de
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0121.html
Raised by
Christoph Päper
Summary
Want to allow percentages for alpha value in rgba() and hsla()
Resolution
reject, since too late for this version
Status
needs discussion.
Response
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0121.html

Issue 15

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/42CE0010.9050500@tu-clausthal.de
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0121.html
Raised by
Christoph Päper
Summary
Want to allow % instead of deg in hsl()/hsla().
Resolution
reject, since too late for this version
Status
needs discussion.
Response
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0121.html

Issue 16

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/4319B66D.3050601@splintered.co.uk http://www.w3.org/mid/431A4864.10205@earthlink.net http://www.w3.org/mid/4319B5FF.6040507@splintered.co.uk
Opposition
http://www.w3.org/mid/431CAB50.4040007@disruptive-innovations.com
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0123.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0127.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0140.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0144.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0206.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0209.html
Raised by
Patrick H. Lauke, Matthew Raymond
Summary
System colors should not be deprecated
Resolution
No change.
Response
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0123.html

Issue 17

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/20060331221047.GA31647@ridley.dbaron.org
Raised by
David Baron
Summary
'color: currentColor' transformation to 'inherit' shouldn't be at parse time
Resolution
edit as described
Status
needs discussion. Spec edited.

Issue 18

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/78A3602ADF54BA4EAB53F378BF55588BB230D0@G3W0067.americas.hpqcorp.net http://www.w3.org/mid/1554581773.20070130144114@w3.org
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0124.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0133.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0142.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0150.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0186.html
Raised by
Melinda Grant
Summary
Should reference up to date version of ICC profile specification.
Resolution
edit as described (editorial)
Status
Spec edited.
Response
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0124.html

Issue 19

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/4681D29D.1090808@fastmail.us
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0125.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0128.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0141.html
Raised by
Patrick Garies
Summary
Should clarify that SVG color keywords apply outside of SVG.
Resolution
edit as described (editorial)
Status
Spec edited.
Tests
t43-svg-keywords-a
Response
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0125.html

Issue 20

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/20030131034516.GA29002@gemini.baron
Raised by
David Baron
Summary
Should opacity group over elements or boxes?
Status
tests written (they pass per current spec)
Resolution
no change (withdrawn by commenter)
Tests
t32-opacity-offscreen-multiple-boxes-1-c, 32-opacity-offscreen-multiple-boxes-2-c, t422-rgba-onscreen-multiple-boxes-c, t425-hsla-onscreen-multiple-boxes-c

Issue 21

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/BAE92885.28030%25tantek@cs.stanford.edu http://www.w3.org/mid/20030515184501.GA30313@pool-141-158-45-91.phil.east.verizon.net http://www.w3.org/mid/16069.11954.751430.470156@lanalana.inria.fr http://www.w3.org/mid/BDBFA80D.5060B%25tantek@cs.stanford.edu
Raised by
Tantek Çelik, David Latapie
Summary
Issues with default style sheet for TOC
Resolution
editorial (if it still exists)
Status
Seems to be fixed by changes in our default style sheet since CR. Also, the issue is with the default style sheet (common) rather than the spec itself.

Issue 22

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/ur24h1t6fc4ihbgshjr4c99tii4oqkf8l4@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de http://www.w3.org/mid/200508291921.50980.bert@w3.org
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2008AprJun/0183.html
Raised by
Björn Höhrmann
Summary
<alphavalue> and other productions need more formal grammar
Resolution
no change (unless Björn has one to propose)
Response
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2008AprJun/0183.html

Issue 23

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/17656.6114.793520.503206@gargle.gargle.HOWL http://www.w3.org/mid/200609011419.05309.bert@w3.org
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2008AprJun/0184.html
Raised by
Håkon Lie
Summary
proprietary colors
Resolution
reject, since it's too late for this version
Response
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2008AprJun/0184.html

Issue 24

Summary
verify that all recent CSS 2.1 changes have been incorporated
Raised by
David Baron
Status
Done

Issue 25

URL
http://www.w3.org/mid/op.t7ykx2yg64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0139.html
Raised by
Anne van Kesteren
Summary
supporting hsla() only on screen, not print (for example)
Resolution
no change

Issue 26

Summary
opacity should explain that it creates a new stacking context
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0145.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0147.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0154.html
Raised by
Anne van Kesteren
Status
Spec edited.
Resolution
paragraph added to specification per http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0147.html
Tests
http://hixie.ch/tests/adhoc/css/model/stacking/opacity/001.html

Issue 27

Summary
interaction of opacity and rgba unclear
Raised by
Jacob Refstrup
URL
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2003Jul/0210.html
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008Jun/0000.html
Resolution
no change

Issue 28

Summary
allow deg in hsl()/hsla()
URL
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2005Jul/0319.html
Group response (and responses to it)
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2008May/0121.html
Raised by
Christoph Päper
Resolution
too late for this version
Status
Rejected (New feature)

Previous dispositions of comments

L. David Baron, 8 June 2008